Illinois marked a single-day record for coronavirus testing Thursday as an additional 2,268 coronavirus cases were reported statewide

Published May 21, 2020•Updated on May 21, 2020 at 5:18 pm

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With less than six months until the general election, a measure to expand Illinois’ vote-by-mail program was advanced by a House committee on Thursday, a move Gov. J.B. Pritzker believes will help residents leery of entering physical polling locations amid the coronavirus pandemic be heard.

The legislation would ensure everyone that applied for a
ballot in the 2018 general election, 2019 municipal elections or the March
primaries would receive a vote-by-mail application via mail or email for the
Nov. 3 general election.

“Republicans generally speaking, have been in favor of
suppressing the vote, all across the nation, they think it's bad for them if
more people vote,” Pritzker said. “I think everybody has the right to vote. We
live in a democracy. The vote is sacred.”

Michigan sends absentee ballot applications to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!

On Thursday, Pritzker acknowledged Illinois may be next to
receive similar intimidation and added he believes there’s no hypocrisy for criticizing
those threats while making his own to local governments that don’t comply with
the state-wide stay-at-home order.

“The President is threatening to take away funds from states
doing something that's legal,” Pritzker said.” Holding up funding for local
governments, because they're not following the law, that's a much different
thing.”

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“I think it's very important for people to get access to the
ballot. The President doesn't want that, I do want people to get a ballot, and
to vote and that's just an enormous, enormous ideological difference. I believe
in democracy and the right to vote.”